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tokkias · 1 year

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Hey I wanted to ask, I know you are taking a break on writing fix’s but when you get back, do you think you could write a fic where Wendy walks in on natsu and Lucy making out and then high jinks ensue of Wendy trying to keep their secret and natsu and Lucy trying to keep her quiet? You don’t have to, just asking.

don't believe me any time i say im taking a break because i just love writing my silly little guys too much

title: indiscreet summary: Not one to want to hurt her friends, Wendy will do whatever it takes to keep Natsu and Lucy’s relationship a secret. It would all be smooth sailing if Wendy weren’t a terrible liar,and unfortunately for them, lying by omission is still lying. ao3

cw for implied sexual content

An over-night trip out of town, as always, called for a visit to a local restaurant for dinner. It was a Team Natsu tradition that Wendy had grown to enjoy over the years as it allowed her to enjoy foods from all over the country, along with letting her spend some quality time with her beloved teammates. Or at least, most of her teammates anyway.

Tonight it seemed as though it was just her, Erza, Gray, Carla and Happy, with Natsu and Lucy having disappeared the moment they arrived at the inn. It was not uncommon for some members to split off for the night or hit the hay early, but it was unusual for Natsu of all people to split off before getting a chance to eat.

She and her team, sans Natsu and Lucy, had been sitting in the small foyer of the inn they were staying at, discussing their dinner plans for the night when Erza spoke up to point out their absence.

"Do we know if Natsu and Lucy wanted to join us?" She asked, taking note of how the two had chosen not to join them yet.

Gray shrugged. "I don’t know; I haven’t seen them since they left for their rooms earlier. Never got a chance to ask."

"Don’t worry, I can go ask them!" Wendy enthusiastically volunteered.

"No, that’s okay, I can do it." Happy interrupted, perhaps a tad quicker than was necessary.

"It’s alright Happy, I don’t mind," she smiled as she headed off in the direction of Lucy’s room, with Happy following close behind her, rather quickly, as if there was something in there that he didn’t want her to see.

"I don’t think that’s a good idea," he warned. "I mean, Lucy can be a big meanie scary lady when she’s hungry, and I don’t want you to fall victim to that."

"You and Natsu are always too hard on her," Wendy replied, "I’m sure she’ll be okay with me coming and asking."

As she got closer to the door, Happy began to panic, not wanting to give himself away but also not wanting Wendy to see what was going on behind the door.

"I just don’t want you to be on the receiving end of her wrath," Happy said innocently, trying to coax poor Wendy away from the door.

"It’ll be okay. It’s just Lucy," she brushed off as she reached for the doorknob.

From the very moment the door clicked shut, Lucy’s hands were tangled in Natsu’s hair, and his lips were locked against hers. He was a little rougher than she had anticipated, but that was simply to be expected after having to keep his hands off of her all day (for the most part, anyway).

His hand rested on the small of her back, holding her body close to his as they moved from the door to the bed. Their footwork was a bit of a mess, but neither could be too concerned about it by the time Lucy’s knees hit the back of the mattress, pulling them both down onto the sheets. She hooked her foot around the back of his knee and roughly pulled him closer, eliciting a grunt as his crotch hit hers, which was quickly swallowed in their kiss.

The two of them were so enveloped in the taste of each other that they paid hardly any mind to the squeak of the hinges as the door opened.

"Erza, Gray, and I were just wondering if you guys wer- oh my gosh! I’m so sorry!"

Wendy had been so excited at the prospect of being helpful to the rest of her team that she hadn’t even considered that it might be polite to knock, and immediately her hands shot up to cover her eyes in a poor attempt to pretend that she hadn’t seen anything.

While the sound of the door opening may have gone under the radar, the terrified squeal of their young teammate caught the pair's attention quickly, and Lucy instinctively shoved Natsu off of her and covered her chest with her arms, despite being fully clothed.

It wasn’t like she had considered they would be doing anything inappropriate; at worst, she might have caught a glimpse of one of them undressing, but nothing she hadn’t seen before. To be fair, what they were doing wasn’t exactly inappropriate, just… shocking, more than anything.

Suddenly, Happy’s hesitance to have her check on them was making a lot more sense.

"I’m sorry! I’m so, so, so, so sorry!" She cried out, hands still hiding her face, whether in attempt to pretend she wasn’t there or to hide herself in shame and embarrassment, she wasn’t quite sure.

Her brain was telling her to run and hide, but her feet were planted firmly on the ground.

"Wendy, it’s okay," Lucy’s voice came, gentle and soothing. "You don’t… you don’t need to apologise okay?"

By the time she gained the courage to look at them, Wendy found the two of them sitting on the edge of the bed as if nothing out of the ordinary had just happened, only given away by the faint blush tainting Lucy’s cheeks.

"U-um, okay! Sorry…" She murmured before looking back down at her feet. "I’m sorry, I’ll just leave…"

"I think we should just tell her," Natsu said, flopping backwards onto the mattress, perhaps more casually than the situation called for.

"Obviously I was going to tell her!" Lucy replied as she gave him a firm whack to his shoulder. "We have something we want to talk to you about," she said, as calmly as she could muster.

"I-I know what sex is!" Wendy managed to stutter out, not wanting to put any of them through the perhaps traumatic experience of giving her The Talk.

"We weren’t-!" Panic began to set in Lucy’s bones once again, caught off guard by Wendy’s misinterpretation of just exactly what they wanted to talk to her about. "That’s not what we wanted to talk to you about."

She patted the spot on the mattress between her and Natsu, indicating that she join them on the bed. Making sure to shut the door behind her, Wendy tottered inside, with Happy following not far after her, and she pulled herself up to sit beside them. An awkward silence overcame the room as Wendy desperately tried to avoid anyone’s gaze and Lucy tried to figure out just what to say to her.

"Lucy and I are dating," Natsu said bluntly.

"O-oh, okay… I guess that makes sense," Wendy replied before immediately mentally chastising herself for the foolish answer. "So um… who else knows?"

"Happy," Natsu responded.

"Is that all?"

"Just Happy," Lucy followed up.

Wendy looked over at Happy, who in return shot her an apologetic look, before she looked over at Natsu and Lucy.

"So Erza and Gray don’t know?" Wendy asked, a little confused as to how something like this could have been kept a secret from over half of their team.

"We haven’t told anyone else," Lucy clarified. "So we would appreciate it if you just, kept it quiet for a while."

"Okay… That’s okay… I can keep a secret…" Wendy mumbled. "Um… I’m not very good at lying though," she admitted.

"You don’t have to lie," Happy suggested, "you just have to not mention it."

Happy’s loophole sounded reasonable enough, but there was an unease sitting in her chest that she just couldn’t shake. It seemed as though her nervous energy did not go unnoticed when she felt Natsu’s hand rest on her shoulder. She looked up at him to see his casual grin, looking like nothing had gone wrong. Her gaze flicked over to Happy and then to Lucy, and they were all looking at her like it really was no big deal.

A faint sigh of relief escaped her, feeling comforted by their certainty that she was capable of keeping their secret for now.

"Okay, I won’t tell anyone," Wendy assured, "I promise!"

In response, Natsu held out his pinkie for her, which she enthusiastically locked hers around.

"Pinkie promise," she reaffirmed. "Oh, and, um… maybe this isn’t the right time to ask, but… Gray and Erza wanted to know if you two were going to join us for dinner," she added, recalling why she had made it her mission to come here in the first place.

"Nah, Lucy and I are gonna hang out here for a while," Natsu rejected.

Wendy blushed at the implication of what hanging out meant, considering what she had originally walked in on.

"Your loss," Happy brushed off, seemingly unaffected by the idea of what the pair might be doing behind closed doors.

"Have some for us, okay?" Lucy smiled.

“R-right! I’ll let the others know,” Wendy replied as she hopped off the bed and headed towards the door.

“Have fuuuunnnnn~” Happy chimed on his way out, eliciting a deep blush from Lucy followed by a pillow thrown in his direction that he masterfully dodged before Wendy shut the door behind them. "I did warn you," he joked in a light-hearted attempt to lighten the mood on the way back to their teammates.

"You did," Wendy sheepishly admitted.

"So? Are they coming or not?" Gray asked as he saw Wendy and Happy approach.

"Um… no I don’t think so…" Wendy replied.

"You don’t think so?" Erza inquired.

Immediately realising her mistake, Wendy began to panic, scrambling to figure out the right words to ease Erza’s suspicions.

"No-! I mean-"

"They’re not hungry," Happy butted in, much to Wendy’s relief and the rest of the team's confusion.

"Is everything okay, Wendy? You look a bit flustered," Erza commented, raising an eyebrow.

She had truly thought that she was doing a good job of hiding it, but apparently it wasn’t good enough, and having Erza point it out only served to make her panic rise to the surface even more.

"Um, yeah!" She tried to reassure in a poor attempt to divert the conversation.

"I think she’s just disappointed that Natsu and Lucy aren’t coming with us, right Wendy?" Happy added casually.

"R-right!" She affirmed, relieved that at least she wasn’t the only one here in on the secret. "It’s just not the same without them."

"You say that like it’s a bad thing," Gray retorted. "Shame Lucy’s not coming, but Natsu can stay in his room for the rest of the job for all I care."

"Unusual for Natsu to pass on food, wouldn’t you agree, Happy?" Erza asked, turning her attention to the exceed.

"No, I wouldn’t," he blatantly lied in response, hoping to gaslight Erza into turning her attention somewhere else.

She shot him a confused look, but nevertheless moved on. "Alright then," she said, deciding it wasn’t worth the mental effort to jump through whatever hoops Happy was setting up for her. "Let’s go then."

Once Erza and Gray had gone on ahead, Wendy bought her hand up to her chest to settle her racing heart, pleased that she no longer had to think about it until Carla spoke up.

"You are acting awfully weird, child." She commented. "What on earth happened in there that’s got you all worked up?"

"It must be Lucy’s weirdness rubbing off on her," Happy suggested.

Wendy let out a nervous laugh as she realised just how hard it was going to be to hide this secret from her best friend and keep the promise she had made.

"Oh, it’s really nothing," she reassured. "Why don’t we catch up with Erza and Gray? Some food sounds really good right about now."

"If you say so…" Carla replied, still not totally convinced but not suspicious enough to press any further.

It didn’t come as a surprise to Wendy when Natsu and Lucy weren’t with the rest of the team when she and Carla arrived to set out on their job the next morning. Erza beckoned the two over to the spot where she, Gray, and Happy were sitting, waiting for the rest of them.

"Sorry we’re late," Wendy apologised.

"Well, it seems you’re not the last to arrive," Erza commented, gesturing to the space devoid of their last two teammates.

"Where are those two?" Gray questioned, glancing over to the clock to see that they were already a few minutes past their designated meeting time. "They’ve been late for every job we’ve taken for the past two months."

"I’ll go fetch them then," Erza offered.

"No!" Wendy cried out, earning her a surprised look from her teammates. "I- It’s just that…"

"Lucy’s cranky because Natsu was being a pain in her ass this morning," Happy chimed in.

"What did he do?" Erza inquired.

"Oh, well, you know how he is," Happy replied vaguely.

"Yes, I do," she said, nodding her head in agreement. "Well, I suppose Lucy has earned a late start for dealing with him all night. I’ll have to put Natsu in his place when they arrive."

As if on cue, the duo arrived, Natsu’s arm predictably slung over Lucy’s shoulder as it always was.

"Glad to see you two finally showed up," Gray snarked.

"Yes, I’m pleased that you both made it," Erza added. "But I’m not pleased to hear you’ve been making things difficult for Lucy."

"What? What did I do?" He asked, whipping his head over to his partner, who looked just as confused as he was before realising that this was just the cover that Wendy and Happy had set up for him.

"Yeah, what did you do, Natsu?" Lucy asked, deciding to play along.

"I don’t know!" He cried, still a little slow to catch on. "I guess I used your hand lotion?"

"You’ve been using my hand lotion?" Lucy asked, her face dropping, no longer happy to play along. "Natsu! That’s expensive!" She whined.

"Yeah, well, it smells nice and it makes my hands soft," he ardently defended.

What had begun as merely playing along had devolved into a full-on squabble, and Wendy couldn’t help but giggle slightly at how they were behaving exactly like an old married couple.

"Well, if I had known it was such a contentious topic, I wouldn’t have brought it up," Erza commented, scratching her head slightly in confusion at the absurdity of it all. "Regardless, it’s time you two stop squabbling: we have a job to do." She demanded. "Here’s the plan: Natsu, Gray, and I will split up to search on the ground, Carla and Happy will do overhead reconnaissance, and Wendy and Lucy will question the locals about any suspicious activity," Erza declared. "Does everyone understand their roles?"

A murmur of agreement echoed through the team before Erza spoke up once more.

"Now let’s get to it!"

Walking along the streets with Lucy, Wendy felt she could let out a sigh of relief. It had only been a day, but the pressure of keeping a secret so big was already beginning to weigh on her, so finally being around someone who was also in on it was a nice break.

"Hey Lucy? Is it okay if I ask you something?"

With her attention caught, Lucy’s gaze flicked over to Wendy before she replied. "Sure, anything."

"Why haven’t you told anyone else that you and Natsu are dating?" She asked.

Lucy was quiet for a moment as the gears turned in her head while she searched for the right words to explain their reasons.

"Because… things are kind of new with us, and we just want to figure things out on our own first before we tell anyone."

Wendy’s eyes fell to her feet, a pang of guilt running through her as she realised that she had gotten in the way of their plan.

"I’m sorry for ruining that…" she murmured.

"You haven’t ruined it at all," Lucy reassured, "we just didn’t want the group’s dynamic to change just because our relationship has."

Wendy looked back up at her to find Lucy smiling down at her, and suddenly all her fears and guilt melted away.

She understood why they had chosen to do that, but she also couldn’t help but feel a slight irony in it all. The group dynamic hadn’t changed in the slightest because their transition from friends to something more had been so subtle that she may not have noticed it if she hadn’t accidentally walked in on them swapping spit.

"Thank you for trusting me," Wendy said.

"Of course," Lucy assured, "I have no reason not to."

Wendy beamed up at her with a newfound resolve to keep their secret hidden tight away in the depths of her brain, and with her curiosities quelled, she was ready to get back to their job.

"Right! Well now it’s time for us to get to work!" She cheered, prepared to start their search for leads.

Wendy noted that as soon as their group gathered, Natsu was immediately back at Lucy’s side, his arm slung around one shoulder while his chin rested on the other. The move was done so casually as if it were nothing, and no one else seemed to react. For a moment, Wendy was almost convinced that the rest of them already knew.

"Alright," Erza began, "now that we’re here, has anyone gained any insight on who we’re after?"

"There’s talk that a delivery of various valuables will be making its way out of town tomorrow at noon, and we have reason to believe that the group we’re after will ambush in an unguarded area about thirty minutes out from the exit to the west," Lucy explained.

"That makes sense," Gray agreed. "I saw a group of suspicious-looking guys gather out in the south-west part of town. I think those could be our guys."

"Then I say we set up along the route and keep a watch out for when the carriage arrives," Lucy suggested. "If our intel is correct, then we can attack when they jump the vehicle and take them back to the local authorities."

"I like Lucy’s plan," Natsu affirmed followed by a murmur of agreement from the rest of the group.

"Alright, then if no one else has any objections, we will reconvene tomorrow at nine for setup," Erza explained. "And I expect everyone to be on time," she added, shooting Natsu and Lucy a look, to which they shrank under her gaze.

To their credit, Natsu and Lucy did show up on time the next morning, the only thing was, by the time they showed up, it was rather obvious to Wendy what they had been doing beforehand.

Lucy’s face was flushed and her hair tousled, thrown up in a messy ponytail rather than tied up neat and tidy like she was known for. On their approach, she quickly twisted her skirt around so it was facing the right way, clearly having just been thrown on before they made their way there.

The sight of it had Wendy’s face turning a matching shade of red as she tried to divert her thoughts somewhere else while also concealing her embarrassment.

"What’s up with you two?" Gray asked, immediately noticing the unusual blush crossing his two friends' faces. "You’re both all red."

"Oh, it must just be the weather, right, Wendy?" Lucy explained.

"R-right!" She agreed, relieved that Lucy was much quicker to think on her feet than she was.

Gray raised a brow at them but moved on nonetheless. "Guess I wouldn’t know," he shrugged.

The walk across town went by uneventfully, but there was something about knowing—about being in on the secret—that had resulted in Wendy seeing Natsu and Lucy’s relationship with new eyes. Nothing had changed about the way they interacted with each other, but now that she knew the context of their relationship, she couldn’t help but see the romance in everything they did together.

Suddenly she was hyperaware of how Natsu seemingly had to have his hands on Lucy at all times, and how all those touches that she had always thought were innocent, friendly gestures now held more meaning to them.

He always had to have an arm slung around her shoulder or a hand resting on her waist, keeping her close to him at all times. There were some moments where Wendy even thought she had caught a glance at them holding hands.

Oftentimes Lucy would rest her head gently on his shoulder, and his hand would come up to rest in her hair. It wasn’t uncommon for her to let her eyes flutter shut after a long day and drift away in the comfort of her best friend’s presence.

Nobody had ever questioned it because none of this was out of the norm for them. Natsu and Lucy had always been close, and they had always been affectionate; it just seemed that everyone had accepted the fact that it was simply all platonic.

Little did they know.

Wendy tried her best to keep her eyes to herself, but once she started noticing, she couldn’t stop herself. Whenever she got the chance, she would always sneak a glance at the two and was always met with the same sweet affections that had simply become all too familiar to anyone who had spent any time with them. What started as quick glances soon became long gazes as she realised that the two of them were more absorbed in each other than anything else, and suddenly Wendy was no longer hiding her stares from them but from everyone else. Gray had nearly caught her once already, but she had just awkwardly brushed it off as spacing out in their general direction.

It didn’t end at the touches either. What she had just become accustomed to as average Natsu and Lucy banter, she now realised was actually just their way of flirting. They could bicker and tease back and forth about almost anything, and while she had never thought it to be serious, she couldn’t realise how unserious it was until she noticed the way their faces were mere inches apart, breaths grazing against each other’s lips, attention nowhere else but each other even as they walked. The scene exuded so much sexual tension that Wendy almost felt embarrassed to watch, feeling as though she had once again walked in on something she shouldn’t have.

They went on like that the entire walk to their destination, touching, flirting, blatantly so, and she wondered how none of them had ever paid any mind to it before.

When they made it to their destination, Wendy got into position, hidden behind a rock near the area where she and Lucy had heard rumours that the ambush was supposed to take place. She and Natsu had been placed in charge of keeping an ear out for trouble and ensuring that they didn’t give their opponents the upper hand by catching them off guard.

As she heard the carriage approaching, immediately she became hyperaware of her surroundings, knowing that those they were after could appear at any moment. She took it upon herself to sniff the air to see if she could sense any changes, but it seemed that Natsu was already far ahead of her.

He appeared almost out of nowhere, holding a bandit by the collar before throwing him face-first into the ground, which prompted the rest of the lackeys to come out and attack. Going into this job, they were all aware that they would be outnumbered by the bandits they had been hired to arrest, but just when she thought all of them had shown themselves, more would appear from the shadows. It wasn’t anything they couldn’t handle, but it was becoming increasingly clear that they had come underprepared for the sheer number of opponents they were facing.

Suddenly recalling the carriage, Wendy whipped around to catch sight of it to ensure that it wasn’t getting looted while they were distracted. Thankfully she was met with Lucy, Gray, and Loke, all having taken initiative to protect it while she, Natsu, and Erza had been occupied holding off bandits further ahead.

What should have been an effortless fight had turned into something much longer than any of them had gone into expecting. Wendy could feel her muscles begin to ache from over-exertion, not having correctly prepared herself for a fight of this magnitude, but she felt herself lucky when she saw the state of some of her other teammates. Glancing over at Natsu, she saw blood dripping from his temple from a shallow wound, no doubt from one of the non-magic user’s weapons, and Gray and Lucy didn’t look much better.

There was no doubt they had the upper hand in the fight and would ultimately see their goal through, but more than anything, she wanted it to be over so she could make sure her friends were okay.

Once the final bandit had been cuffed and tied up, Wendy finally let out a sigh of relief. Not that she thought this job would end any other way, but she was just glad it was finally over.

After giving the carriage a once-over and ensuring all goods remained untouched, the driver gave them his thanks before seeing himself off, and Wendy could finally see herself to ensure her teammates were back in tip-top shape.

Before she could even think of approaching Natsu to treat his wound, Lucy threw herself at him, throwing her arms around his neck and holding onto him like her life depended on it, and Natsu responded with equal enthusiasm.

Her hand rested gently on his jaw, and for a second, Wendy thought she was going to lean in for a kiss. Instead, but just as tender, she nestled into his chest, arms holding him close as he tucked her under his chin and it looked like a perfect fit.

Wendy tried to turn her attention elsewhere and give the pair some privacy, but she couldn’t help eavesdropping now that her ears were tuned in to their conversation.

"I’m so glad you’re safe," Lucy murmured into his chest.

"Me too," Natsu replied as he rubbed soothing circles into her back.

The two of them sat in silence for a few moments, content to find comfort in each other’s presence, until Natsu spoke up again.

"I love you," he mumbled, his voice muffled in her hair but clear as day to Wendy.

"I love you too," Lucy responded, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Wendy immediately felt her face heat up at their declaration, feeling every bit of love and emotion in their words. Tears began to well up in the corners of her eyes as the emotions took hold of her body, and she felt herself begin to get weepy at the tender scene.

They were in love.

They were so deeply, truly in love, and the mere sight of it was enough to make her emotional.

She wiped away her tears and sucked in a long breath, not wanting to let herself give their secret away because she couldn’t keep her emotions in check.

"Is everything okay, Wendy?" Erza asked, "You’re not hurt, are you?"

"No, I’m okay," she clarified. "I’m just glad everyone else is okay."

"I was going to go heal up Natsu but…" The two of them glanced over at him and Lucy, finding them still wrapped in each other’s arms, Lucy buried in his chest while his hand and face were buried in her hair. "I think he’s occupied at the moment."

Wendy and Carla had made sure to arrive at the station for their ride home early, not wanting to be on the receiving end of Erza’s wrath if they arrived late, much like Natsu and Lucy had been doing lately. Erza and Gray were there already waiting for them, with Natsu, Lucy, and Happy, perhaps a little predictably at this point, nowhere to be seen.

"Natsu and Lucy aren’t here, are they?" Wendy asked.

"No," Erza confirmed, raising a brow slightly at that being her first question as she approached. "Why do you ask?"

"Oh um! N-no reason!" She stuttered out in reply, waving her hands out in front of her defensively.

In response to her weird behaviour, Carla placed her hands on her hips and let out a sigh. "What is going on with you, Wendy?" She demanded to know.

"Wh-what’s going on with me?" She replied, trying to act innocent and pretend she had no clue what she was referring to.

"You’ve been acting all skittish as of late, and you won’t even tell me why," Carla reprimanded.

"What are you talking about?" She nervously laughed, "I’m just nervous about the train ride is all."

"It’s not kind to lie, child," Carla replied, "and it’s even worse to keep secrets."

After seeing how the two of them had placed their utmost trust in her, Wendy was certain that she would be able to keep their secret for as long as they needed her to, but the way that her friend was looking at her made her resolve crack under the pressure.

"N-Natsu and Lucy are dating!" Wendy blurted out before slapping her hand over her mouth, immediately realising her mistake.

"Excuse me?" Erza said, clearly taken aback by the look on her face.

"N-no! Oh gosh, I shouldn’t have said that…" she murmured, "I was supposed to keep it a secret, but now I’ve just gone and ruined everything."

Just as she was about to beg them not to mention it, Natsu, Lucy, and Happy made their entrance, and immediately Erza stepped in to ruin her plan of getting them to keep quiet about it.

"You and Natsu are dating?" Erza asked, her tone more accusatory than questioning.

"What?" Lucy asked, taken aback by the sudden question.

"I’m so sorry! I’m so, so sorry!" Wendy apologised, bowing her head deeply in remorse.

The entire group had been shocked into silence, not knowing how to act in this unusual situation, until Lucy let out a sigh.

"Well, I suppose we had to tell them anyway," Lucy said. "Yes, Natsu and I are in a relationship."

"How long?" Gray asked.

"I dunno," Natsu shrugged, "four, five months maybe."

Wendy blinked, dumbfounded at the reveal. She had been wracked with so much guilt, thinking that she had ruined the surprise so early on in their relationship, when in fact they had already been together for nearly half a year.

"So you’ve been dating for four or five months, and you didn’t think to tell any of us?" Gray followed up.

"We thought about it, but it just never felt like the right time," Lucy admitted.

"Good grief," Carla sighed. "Do you two know how much pressure poor Wendy has been under to keep your secret all this time?"

"Well, she only found out two days ago," Happy revealed.

The rest of them glanced over at Wendy, who sheepishly shrunk under their gaze, a little embarrassed by the revelation of just how little it had taken for her to blow the secret.

"Um… yes that’s true…" she mumbled. "Sorry… I didn’t mean to tell anyone…"

"Erm… congratulations, I suppose," Erza offered, not exactly sure how to respond to the awkward situation they had gotten themselves into.

"You know you’ve cuffed yourself with a moron, right Lucy?" Gray asked, not giving up an opportunity to take a jab at Natsu.

"Hey! How ‘bout you say that to my face!" Natsu yelled at him, suddenly forgetting any of what had just occurred, much more occupied with defending his pride.

"I will! You’re a goddamned moron!" Gray retorted.

Wendy took the distraction to shoot Lucy an apologetic look, to which she was met with a gentle one of her own, harbouring no contempt or ill-will towards her even after spilling their secret.

"Idiots, the lot of them," Carla sighed, interrupting their moment and bringing their attention back to the two boys, who were currently rubbing their heads from where Erza had smashed them together.

Wendy had anticipated the walk back to the guild to be more tense than it was, considering what she had done before the train ride back, but it seemed everyone had moved past it rather quickly.

Well, everyone but her.

"Everything okay, Wendy?" Lucy asked, noticing the way her gaze seemed to be cast to the ground.

"I um… I thought you guys would be more upset," Wendy revealed, "you know… with me."

"Why would we be upset?" she replied.

"Because you said you trusted me, and I broke my promise…" Wendy murmured.

"Ya can’t always keep every promise you make," Natsu shrugged, "‘sides, it’s not the worst promise you could have broken."

"So you’re not mad?"

"Of course we’re not mad," Lucy assured. "I’m not even sure we would have mentioned it if you hadn’t brought it up."

"Are you… going to tell the rest of the guild?" Wendy asked, uncertain if she was going to be able to keep it from that many people.

"Maybe," Natsu shrugged.

"Do you think you’ll be okay to keep it within our team, just for a little longer?" Lucy asked.

"I will… I will do my best!" Wendy assured, trying to gain back their confidence and trust by overcompensating in her own self confidence.

"We’re back!" Natsu loudly declared as they made it back through the guild doors.

"How did it go?" Mira asked, pulling out glasses for the returning guild members. "Do we need to file for any damages this time?" She teased.

"Not this time, thankfully," Lucy replied, before Natsu took his chance to jump in and tell everyone the contents of their latest mission.

"We fought a group of like fifty bandits," he exaggerated, which was met with an eyeroll from Lucy as she sipped on the drink Mira had passed over to her. "The guys tried to catch us off guard, but I caught ‘em before they could get the jump on us, one of them tried to stab me in the head, Lucy and I are dating, and we got the full reward."

Wendy choked on her drink slightly, head whipping back around to where Natsu had been relaying the story of their job to see if she had heard him right, and based on the gobsmacked faces of everyone around them, she could only assume she had.

"I’m sorry, what was that middle part?" Mira asked, caught off guard by the sudden announcement.

"One of them tried to stab me in the head," he repeated, gesturing towards the superficial wound that Wendy had stitched up after the fight.

"Natsu and I are dating," Lucy clarified for him.

"See! I told you!" Cana cackled in delight. "I knew they were sleeping together! Now hand it over, bitches!" She declared, holding out an open palm to a sulking Macao and Wakaba.

"I just thought after the grand magic games that they’d never figure it out," Wakaba grumbled as he and Macao dropped a handful of jewel in her hand.

"Well, that’s great!" Mira declared, hands clasped in front of her in excitement. "I’m so happy for you two!"

It didn’t take much for the guild to burst into raucous celebration, whether for the happy couple or merely for the sake of partying, Wendy wasn’t quite sure, but what she was sure of was the weight that had been lifted off of her back.

It wasn’t long until Lucy had found a seat next to Wendy, offering her a kind smile amidst the chaos.

"You didn’t do this because of me, did you?" Wendy asked, feeling a little bad that she might have been the reason they had finally broken the news just days after she had told her why they were keeping it quiet.

"Yes and no," Lucy replied. "We didn’t want to have to keep that pressure on you, but you also made us realise that everyone else deserved to know."

"I understand," Wendy replied. "I… wasn’t sure how long I would have been able to keep it anyway…" she confessed.

"I know," Lucy admitted, "Happy told us you were struggling from the very start."

Wendy merely let out a nervous laugh, feeling a little bit awkward that Happy had revealed just how terrible she was at keeping secrets.

"That’s okay," Lucy hummed before letting them fall into a comfortable silence as they watched the celebration unfold into a classic Fairy Tail brawl right in front of their eyes. "I think your timing was just right," she said, turning her attention back to Wendy. "I was scared that things might change if everyone knew, but you showed me that maybe that doesn’t have to be a bad thing."

"I’m happy I could help then, even if I didn’t do a very good job of keeping my promise."

Perhaps she had fumbled the ball, but it seemed as though everything had worked out for the best in the end. She hardly had any more time to talk to her about it before Lucy was taken from her side and swept straight off of her feet by Natsu, who pulled her into the first of many kisses, to take place right in the middle of the guild hall.

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